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Bombycilaena

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Bombycilaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, + western North America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Greece, Hungary
Observations recorded33,292

General: Bombycilaena (from Lat. bombycinus, silky, derived from

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
With media
2
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
B
Recorded in
France, Armenia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gnaphalieae
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Bombycilaena erecta 1 (Espagne).jpg
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Bombycilaena
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Category:Bombycilaena
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Bombycilaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, + western North America. species Bombycilaena californica - California, Oregon, Baja California Bombycilaena discolor - Mediterranean + southwest Asia from Spain + Morocco to Iran Bombycilaena erecta - Europe, + southwest Asia from Portugal + Morocco to Ukraine + Afghanistan

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bombycilaena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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